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"That is kind of the story with most things that we buy good companies that have just lost their way," he said.Serial entrepreneur Doug Putman plans to launch his latest retail venture by taking over most of the remnants of Bed Bath & Beyond, in a new chain called rooms + spaces.Putman, who has made similar moves when HMV, Toys 'R' Us and DavidsTea went insolvent, plans to open the home store brand in 21 former locations of Bed Bath & Beyond and buybuy BABY storefronts later this summer.

From furniture to gasoline, to mortgages and used cars, inflation has taken a big bite out of people's budgets, and now it's coming for the indulgence many Canadians will be most reluctant to cut back on: junk food.If it feels like your favourite chocolate bar, bag of chips or other treat is getting more expensive lately, it's not your imagination.

The Ford government announced on Thursday as part of its 2023 budget that it is increasing the number of ailments pharmacists can prescribe treatments for this fall.It's an expansion of the powers the Progressive Conservative government first gave pharmacists in January to help reduce the burden on family doctors, emergency rooms and walk-in clinics.

Saunas are trending on Pinterest and Dezeen has featured some of the best, including a floating sauna in Stockholm and a three-storey, outdoor sauna in the USA.Follow Dezeen on Pinterest and read on to discover the projects.Pinners have been attracted to Dezeen's sauna board.The most popular saunas are inspired by their natural surroundings and have cosy and relaxing interiors.

Agencies that run daycares say they're so short of early childhood educators that they doubt the national program of $10-a-day child care can be delivered to all the kids who will need a spot.Stories abound of daycare centres running at half capacity, asking parents to take their kids out of care for a day or two a week, or even shutting down operations entirely, all for lack of staff.

The Natural Selection Tour pushes snowboarders beyond their comfort zone.The start line?A helicopter.Blake Paul, Revelstoke, British Columbia.Natural Selection Tour REVELSTOKE, British Columbia The snowboarding contest began unlike most.Twelve of the world's top snowboarders were dropped off by a helicopter high in the mountains of British Columbia last Monday with one mission: Get to the bottom.

Mathew Barzal (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson) All of the good work the Islanders had done over the previous three weeks took a bit of a hit over the weekend, losing back-to-back games to a pair of non-playoff teams in the Columbus Blue Jackets and Buffalo Sabres.Regardless, they're still sitting in the top Wild Card spot in the Eastern Conference playoff picture with the Pittsburgh Penguins just one point behind them and having one game in hand and they've done most of the heavy lifting recently without their star in Mathew Barzal by winning nine of their first 13 games since he went down with a lower-body injury on Feb. 18 against the Boston Bruins.

New York Islanders' Mathew Barzal, center, celebrates his goal against the Vancouver Canucks with Casey Cizikas, Josh Bailey, Noah Dobson and Alexander Romanov, from left, during the second period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023, in Vancouver, British Columbia.(Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP) New York Islanders head coach Lane Lambert maintained the hope that his team can get star forward Mathew Barzal back in the fold by the end of the 2022-23 regular season.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) - Andrei Kuzmenko scored his 35th goal, a Canucks franchise record for a first-year player, to lead Vancouver to a 7-2 rout of the San Jose Sharks on Thursday night.The Russian forward, who also had an assist, topped the 34 goals scored by Pavel Bure in 1991-92."Yes, it's good.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) - Andrei Kuzmenko scored his 35th goal, a Canucks franchise record for a first-year player, to lead Vancouver to a 7-2 rout of the San Jose Sharks on Thursday night.The Russian forward, who also had an assist, topped the 34 goals scored by Pavel Bure in 1991-92."Yes, it's good.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia Andrei Kuzmenko scored his 35th goal, a Canucks franchise record for a first-year player, to lead Vancouver to a 7-2 rout of the San Jose Sharks on Thursday night.The Russian forward, who also had an assist, topped the 34 goals scored by Pavel Bure in 1991-92.J.T. Miller, Dakota Joshua, Conor Garland, and Phillip Di Giuseppe also each had a goal and an assist, and Vasily Podkolzin and Sheldon Dries scored for Vancouver.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) - Andrei Kuzmenko scored his 35th goal, a Canucks franchise record for a first-year player, to lead Vancouver to a 7-2 rout of the San Jose Sharks on Thursday night.The Russian forward, who also had an assist, topped the 34 goals scored by Pavel Bure in 1991-92.J.T. Miller, Dakota Joshua, Conor Garland and Phillip Di Giuseppe also each had a goal and an assist, and Vasily Podkolzin and Sheldon Dries scored for Vancouver.

Toronto has updated its 14-month-old decriminalization request to the federal government, clarifying it wants a Health Canada exemption to cover all drugs for personal use, and that the exemption should extend to young people as well as adults.The city's updated submission to its initial January 2022 request asks the federal agency to go further than the exemption it recently granted to British Columbia under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act.

TORONTO - Canada announced Monday it is banning TikTok from all government-issued mobile devices, reflecting widening worries from Western officials over the Chinese-owned video sharing app.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said it might be a first step to further action or that it might be it.Are you on Telegram?

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau answers questions at an announcement in Mississauga, Ontario, on Monday, February 27, 2023.Frank Gunn (AP) Canada announced Monday it is banning TikTok from all government-issued mobile devices, reflecting widening worries from Western officials over the Chinese-owned video sharing app.

OTTAWA An Indigenous group in Canada announced on Wednesday that ground-penetrating radar had located what it said appeared to be the remains of Indigenous children on the grounds of a former school in northwestern Ontario, the latest in a series of similar reports that have been jolting Canada over the last two years.

Four sea otters that washed ashore on the California coast died from an unusual parasite that scientists warn could possibly infect other marine wildlife and humans.There are currently no known infections of the Toxoplasma gondii strain among humans, according to a study published Wednesday from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and UC Davis.

California's 2023 salmon-fishing season is off.But wild salmon, always wildly popular with restaurant-goers, will still find its way onto Bay Area menus this year.It's a matter of when, from where and perhaps most important for consumers at what price?After reading the news this week, Mark Matulich of the family-owned Steamers Grillhouse, a Los Gatos mainstay for more than 40 years checked in with his seafood suppliers.

I love to bring any kind of diversity I can into this column, and this week we're doing it with a mix that includes the USATF 50k Road Championships, the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships, and ski mountaineering's Pierra Menta two-person race.USATF 50k Road Championships - East Islip, New York
The championship event was again held on a ten-loop course at Heckscher State Park, and with a $3,000 cash purse that sent $500 to each winner.

A killer whale swims with her calf.(AP)LONDON - Orca whale mothers sacrifice so much energy parenting and feeding their male offspring that it drastically reduces their chances of raising another calf again,a new study has found.Male killer whale children were already known to be needier than their female counterparts, demanding continual feeding by their mothers - who bite salmon in half and share it with their male sons, even after they are fully grown.

Unions representing hundreds of paper mill workers in British Columbia are fighting to resolve payment issues three years after a cyberattack compromised the system that kept track of workers' pay, court documents show.Several unions for workers at mills in Crofton, Port Alberni, and Powell River sought out a B.C. Supreme Court order this month to force Paper Excellence Canada to pay employees wages they've missed since the hack in February 2020.

The two dominant national airlines are increasingly focusing less on offering nationwide service and more on their regional strengths as they try to improve their financial performance and also fend off soaring competition.Those pressures are why experts say WestJet is focusing heavily on Alberta, while Air Canada is prioritizing markets in the east, such as Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa.

The San Jose Sharks became the first team eliminated from Stanley Cup Playoff contention after losing 6-5 in overtime to the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday.The playoff drought for the Sharks (19-36-13) extended to four seasons after they made it the previous four and 14 of 15 since 2003-04, a run that included five Western Conference Final appearances and a six-game loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 2016 Stanley Cup Final.

There have been many fights throughout the history of the game that have happened between unexpected combatants.Even former Toronto Maple Leafs owner Harold Ballard has found his way into surprising altercations.He wasn't shy to impose his will, especially if it meant lining his own pockets.The Toronto Maple Leafs Owner famously used an ax to threaten the Hockey Night in Canada′s president, Ted Hough.

A new study finds that orca mothers still feed their adult sons.It's a bond that may come with costs, researchers say.David K. Ellifrit/Center for Whale Research / NMFS research permit #21238 Twenty years ago, in the waters off the coast of Washington State and British Columbia, an adult female killer whale (dubbed K16 by those who know her well) gave birth to a son, K35.

Last May, my wife and I were headed from New York to Valencia, Spain, via Munich, when the first leg of our Lufthansa flight was delayed, causing us to miss our connection.The Munich airport was a chaotic scene of passengers trying to rebook, but we eventually got a flight to Palma de Mallorca and then on to Valencia, arriving eight hours later than originally scheduled.

British Columbia has become the first province to require a three-day cooling-off period for buyers after they've signed an agreement to purchase a home.The government said the new homebuyer protection period is designed to give purchasers more time to arrange financing or home inspections after a deal has been accepted details that were neglected in past sizzling housing markets, it said in a statement.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) - Bo Horvat had two goals and two assists, Spencer Martin stopped 24 shots and the Vancouver Canucks beat the San Jose Sharks 6-2 on Tuesday night for their third straight victory.Ilya Mikheyev had a goal and three assists, and Elias Pettersson, Brock Boeser and Quinn Hughes, with his first of the season, also scored for the Canucks.

Mata Architects founder Dan Marks has extended his self-designed home in London, adding a charred wood-clad garden studio using Japanese technique Sho Sugi Ban.The refurbishment of the 19th-century, mid-terrace house also added a rear extension containing a large kitchen and living room.Now called ZigZag House, the extension aimed to add additional spaces to the home the family has lived in since 2009 "for greater autonomy and personal space".

Leckie studio has completed Camera House in the mountains of British Columbia with dramatic windows and skylights that are meant to frame the surrounding landscape like a camera lens.The single-storey house is clad in dark timber boards, which the studio said helps it blend into its lush forest setting.

The Rangers are set to kick off their yearly swing through western Canada tonight, and the first stop on the trip will be in British Columbia for a matchup with the Vancouver Canucks.These two teams squared off exactly one week ago at Madison Square Garden as the Rangers earned a 4-3 victory in the most recent rematch of the 1994 Stanley Cup Finals.

Bruins It's the first time in the franchise's history that a goalie has scored.VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) - Goaltender Linus Ullmark scored into an empty net in the final minute and the NHL-leading Boston Bruins beat the Vancouver Canucks 3-1 on Saturday might for their sixth straight victory.